Morphological differentiation in ouachita mountain endemic salamanders

Herpetologica

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 355-368

  Shepard, Donald B ^a,e   Irwin, Kelly J ^b   Burbrink, Frank T ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH COMMISSION   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Hybridization; Morphology; Niche conservatism; Plethodon; Plethodontidae

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AMPHIBIAN; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DATA SET; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HYBRID ZONE; HYBRIDIZATION; NICHE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY;

OUACHITA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

PLETHODON; PLETHODON FOURCHENSIS; PLETHODON OUACHITAE; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 81255161244     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-11-00023.1     Document Type: Article

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